Holiday Edit: The Absolute Best Gifts of 2016

Nobody knows what’s good this holiday season like our merchandising team—this time of year, I make sure to do daily drive-bys to see what’s cookin’ with the people who make the magic happen. There’s SO much goodness this year, in fact, we put OUR heads together to help YOU narrow it down!

Or, if you’re pressed for time and want to defer to our in-house shopping experts (hint: we’re really, really good at it), our handpicked eBags Buying Guides make it SO easy to find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list.

Bags to Get Your Gifts There + Back

Speaking of glory, there’s nothing more glorious than a pile of sparkling holiday prezzies—until you have to actually transport them there and back! With this in mind, we’ve rounded up our best Holiday Haulers—bags that are ideal for this time of year, thanks to crafty expansion gussets, convertible cargo areas and other tricks to help you carry as much as much as possible.

Be a Holiday Hero with the eBags App

We’ve all got that one friend (ahem: husband) who insist upon carrying or wearing something that’s truly beat down: beloved old backpack encrusted with surfboard wax and threadbare Patagonia half-zip with Sriracha stains from 1996, we see you. And we all know from experience that they won’t part with it unless you replace it with something they love even MORE.

That’s exactly why we added the Visual Search feature to the free eBags App for Apple or Android. Simply snap a quick pic of the item you’re dying to replace, and the app will scour our 90,000 products for something similar. It’s a virtual guarantee they’ll love their gift…although we can’t guarantee they won’t keep the old one, too.

While pursuing her graduate degree in Creative Writing at CU Boulder, Staci took a part-time job crafting trip itineraries for an extreme travel company—and so embarked upon an adventure that continues to this day. In the ensuing two decades, her passion for journey and destination alike took her everywhere from the Far East (backpacking in Cambodia) to the Wild West (wrangling horses in Colorado). Work and family permitting, Staci is devoted to her ongoing quest to find the perfect taco and the perfect point break. Fair warning: if she finds them in the same place, she’s probably not coming back.

Holiday Edit: The Absolute Best Gifts of 2016 was last modified: November 7th, 2016 by Staci Amend

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